The new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced about 11,235 people out of jobs in the domestic market, according to the labour ministry

The government will arrange four relief flights to the Middle East from May 9 to 16 to bring back Bhutanese stranded there

The national flag carrier Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) will be flying to Australia, China and South Korea as it continues its chartered and cargo flights to international destinations during the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection

Bangladesh plans to extend the nationwide shutdown of offices and workplaces by 10 days from May 15 amid a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s rival in last two rounds of election Abdullah Abdullah. the former chief executive, would soon become chairman of the new reconciliation council, according to Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh, who said that political tensions would be soon over

Afghan health officials announced 164 new cases of coronavirus registered in the past 24 hours, pushing the tally to 2,235 across Afghanistan

At least five members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and 5 others were wounded in fighting in Zare district of northern Balkh province, said Mohammad Hanif Rezayee, a spokesman for the 209 Shaheen Army Corps

As part of their efforts to assist countries worldwide in their COVID-19 response efforts, the United States of America has donated USD two million to the Maldives government

As the Union Health Ministry divided all the districts across India into red, orange and green zones, all the 11 districts in the national capital have been marked as red zones, where no activities will be allowed in the coming weeks. All the 11 districts in Delhi -- South-East, Central, North, South, North-East, West, Shahdara, East, New Delhi, North-West and South-West -- have containment zones and positive COVID-19 cases

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Karachi jumped by 446, taking the total to 4,873 -- over a quarter of Pakistan's total of 17,699, while Sindh province remained the worst-hit with 6,675 infections

Police in Sweden said they have found the body of Pakistani journalist, two months after he went missing. Sajid Hussain, the editor of an ethnic Baloch news website, fled Pakistan in 2012 after getting death threats and was granted political asylum in Sweden, the BBC reported on Friday

Resumption of civilian life and state and private sector activities will begin from May 11 while the curfew is in force in high-risk districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement issued today

Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population is charting out plans to ease the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in a bid to gradually restart the stalled economy

Four international human rights organisations have welcomed Nepal’s Supreme Court decision on 27 April quashing a petition by the Nepal Communist Party government on amnesty for those accused of war crimes

A total of 224 citizens of the UK and 26 US citizens left Dhaka on Friday on separate chartered flights arranged by the governments of the respective countries for those who opted to return home amid the Covid-19 pandemic